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The fast fashion business model has revolutionised the apparel industry. By streamlining design, production and distribution, the latest clothing trends can be transferred from the catwalk to the sales rack in a matter of weeks. One of the keys to the success of the model is the near-shoring of suppliers. Inditex, owner of numerous brands...

 

For over a decade, proposals to partly privatise state-run oil firm Petróleos del Perú (PetroPerú) and allow it to return to upstream activities have been debated in Peru’s Congress. Following the privatisation of the oil industry in the early 1990s, the company has been restricted to refining, transporting and commercialising petroleum...

 

In 2008 Peru’s energy policy was confronted by a perfect storm. Five years of accelerating economic growth and the commissioning of major mining projects led to a surge in demand for petroleum products and electricity. The pipeline from the Camisea gas field to Lima, completed in 2004, was already operating at capacity, something it had not...

 

To what extent can the country balance domestic production and demand, given the constraints of declining production?

 

Although Peru is not subject to international treaties binding it to reduce carbon emissions, in May 2008 the government announced that the country would source up to 5% of its energy from non-conventional renewables, including wind, solar, biomass projects and small-scale hydroelectric projects of under 20 MW. Given that the country’s mega...

 

Exploration is the lifeblood of the mining industry. Junior mining companies, staffed by geologists and finance professionals, search for new deposits to bring them to a stage of development that make them targets for acquisition by major commodities producers. To do so they need to attract investors willing to bet on their projects and...

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